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monk replied that minister Santu was his guru because he had helped him to follow the right path.'
The story shows that Santu did not disclose the faults of others and gave an opportunity to the wrongdoer to improve. He was aware of many examples of the futility of criticism bristling on a thousand pages of history and so refrained from it. Under similar circumstances, the Jains of to-day should follow the example of Santu and give the wrongdoer an opportunity to improve.
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Udayana was another Jain officer of Siddharāja. a Srimali Bania of Marwar. At the suggestion of some persons, he went to Karnavatī and put up at the place of a printer named Lachhi. Fortune smiled upon him and he found much money. In course of time, he won name, fame and glory and became a minister. Siddharaja appointed him governor of Cambay. When Hemachandra entered the order of Jain monks, he attended the ceremony. According to the Prabandhachintamani, it was he who persuaded Chachiga, Hemachandra's father, to consent to
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9 Prabandhachintamani (Shastri's
Pp. 162-3. 10 Ibid, pp. 161-2.
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